An office space contains 20 male workers and an air handling unit. The typical degree of activity of the workers can be characterized as very light and seated. The air handling unit is at an elevation of 5000 ft and delivers supply air at 4000 ft3/min. Infiltration occurs at 300 ft3/min. The indoor air is at 70F and 50% relative humidity. The outdoor air temperature is 80F. The total heat load for the office space is most nearly Answers 10,200 Btu/hr 11,800 Btu/hr 12,500 Btu/hr 13,700 Btu/hr Given the above problem statement, I am trying to figure out why we use the "Adult Male Total Heat" (450 Btu/hr) value when determining the human cooling load, rather than the "sensible heat" (245 Btu/hr). I was under the assumption that when dealing with heating/cooling loads, we are generally interested in the sensible load and not the latent load. Is this incorrect